Prevention & treatment of vit C deficiency. For increasing body resistance to stress & infection. To hasten healing of wounds & to meet increased needs during pregnancy & lactation, infection, prolonged illness, operation & convalescence; formation of RBC.
Should not be given for the 1st mth after desferrioxamine treatment. Giving ascorbic acid for vit C deficiency to patient receiving fluphenazine for bipolar disorder was associated w/ decrease in serum conc of fluphenazine & deterioration of behavior. Omeprazole may affect bioavailability of vit C.
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